June 2012, Taipei, Taiwan
Sociology in an Unequal World
Organiser: Chin-Chun YI, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

November 2011, Johannesburg, South Africa
Social exclusion, citizenship and social capital
Organiser: Tina UYS, University of Johannesburg, South Africa

October 2009, Yokohama, Japan
Possibility of sociology in the era of globalization
Organiser: Yoshimichi SATO, Tohoku University, Japan

June 2008, Moscow, Russia
Education and the media.
Organiser: Nikita POKROVSKY, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia

November 2007, Maidugari, Nigeria
Globalization, social problems and social policy.
Organiser: Abdul-Mumin SA'AD, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria

November 2005, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Comparative sociology
Organiser: Bert KLANDERMANS, Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

September 2004, Coimbra, Portugal
New urbanscapes: Theoretical and methodological approaches.
Organiser: Carlos FORTUNA, University of Coimbra, Portugal

November 2003, Ifrane-Meknès, Morocco
Le social et le culturel: rapports sociaux et identités. Approches théoriques et méthodologiques.
Organiser: Marcel FOURNIER, Université de Montréal, Canada

July 2002, Brisbane, Australia
Methodology of research projects.
Organiser: Christine INGLIS, University of Sydney, Australia


September 2001, Courmayeur, Italy
Major theories or paradigms of dissertations.
Organiser: Alberto MARTINELLI, University of Milan, Italy

September 2000, Oñati, Spain
Methodology of sociological research.
Organiser: Jan M. FRITZ, University of Cincinnati, USA